Village by the Sea
an Indian family story
- author
- Anita Desai
- Narrator
- Sue Rolfe
- Length
- 7 hours
- Publisher
- Calibre Audio
- Catalogue #
- 615628
- Categories
- Key Stage 4General Fiction
- Ratings
- 0 star rating
In a small fishing villlage near Bombay, Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep their family going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything. Can Hari survive in the city, and can Lila manage at home without him?